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The Illusion of Being Stuck

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When you face the challenge of feeling stagnant in your career, in your personal life, nothing seems to help you progress. You feel not just stuck, but regressing. The worst part of it was that in some strange way, it also feels “comfortable” being stuck. I’m sure you have that feeling, because we are wired the same way, and so do I. I wanted to understand why we are so resistant to change, to discomfort. Why is it that it’s easier for us to stay in situations we don’t like while we know damn well it’s not the right path. Why is change hard? Why makes hard things hard? Well, I got some answers while reading a research paper from computational neurobiologist Andrew Gallimore. I finally got a better understanding of how our brain constructs reality, how it cheats us by wanting to save energy, and how we can hack it. I won’t bore you with the very technical research paper filled with complicated words and never ending sentences. Here’s a breakdown for you: Central to this process are the

Unlocking Progress: Overcoming the Illusion of Being Stuck Home Posts The Illusion of Being Stuck The Illusion of Being Stuck benoit malige Mar 26, 2024 You think that being stuck is a permanent state, and this is the pattern you go through every time: You encounter a new challenge. Your brain resists it. It hasn't been trained to handle discomfort effectively. You revert to what's comfortable and familiar. You shut yourself off from potential growth and enlightenment. You feel stuck, unfulfilled and unhappy. When you face the challenge of feeling stagnant in your career, in your personal life

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